Google employees criticize CEO Sundar Pichai for ‘rushed, botched’ announcement of GPT competitor Bard
Summary
Google employees are criticizing leadership, most notably CEO Sundar Pichai, for the way the company handled the announcement this week of its ChatGPT competitor called Bard. Staffers took to the popular internal forum memegen to express their thoughts on the Bard announcement, referring to it as "rushed," "botched" and "un-Googley," according to messages and memes viewed by CNBC. In between those events, Microsoft, an early investor in ChatGPT creator OpenAI, showcased how its Bing search engine will integrate with the buzzy chat technology, inviting reporters to a demonstration at the companys headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Meanwhile, people on Twitter began pointing out that an ad for Bard offered an incorrect description of a telescope used to take the first pictures of a planet outside our solar system. While Google employees often turn to memegen to humorously poke fun at the companys quirks and missteps, the posts after the Bard announcement struck a more serious tone and even went directly after Pichai.